FRANKFURT, Dec 13 (Reuters) - German banking regulator Bafin
has demanded documents from Deutsche Bank as part of
a probe into suspected manipulation of benchmark gold and silver
prices by banks, the Financial Times reported, citing sources.

Bafin has questioned the bank's staff during several on-site
inspections over the past few months, the newspaper said on its
website, citing people familiar with the matter.()

Bafin on Friday repeated that besides Libor and Euribor, it
has been looking at other benchmark setting processes like gold
and silver price fixings at individual banks.

"The examinations were launched several months ago and are
still ongoing," a Bafin spokesman said.

He declined to comment on the newspaper's report but said
Bafin has the power to conduct interviews and request documents
or other information from banks in its enquiries.

Following probes into benchmark interest rate rigging by
banks, Bafin is investigating whether traders may have colluded
to influence the level of the precious metals benchmarks for
their own benefit, a source close to the regulator had said in
late November, adding no concrete evidence of wrongdoing had
been found so far.
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